Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Quote by Hosea Ballou

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Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children...

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children...

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

There is no such things as est in the world of individuals.

There is no such things as est in the world of individuals.

Error is always more busy than truth.

Error is always more busy than truth.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Mystery and innocence are not akin

Mystery and innocence are not akin

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his...

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his...

In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement,...

In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement,...

She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She...

She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She...

The best revenge is just moving on and getting over it. Don't give someone the...

The best revenge is just moving on and getting over it. Don't give someone the...